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title: Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale
author: Hervé Lewandowski
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10576/cleopatra-selene-ii-boscoreale/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale

_Authored by Hervé Lewandowski_

## Image File

[![Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10576.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10576.jpg)

## Image Caption

The allegorical portrait on this [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) emblema dish is attributed to [Cleopatra Selene II](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cleopatra_Selene_II/) (40 BCE–c. 5 BCE), the daughter of [Cleopatra VII](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cleopatra_VII/) (69-30 BCE) and [Mark Antony](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mark_Antony/) (83–30 BCE). She wears an elephant scalp as a headdress and carries a cornucopia (horn of plenty) crowned with a lunar crescent in her left hand and holds a uraeus (upright cobra) in her right. Boscoreale, c. 25 BCE-25 CE; Louvre inv. no. Bj 1969.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Lewandowski, H. (2019, May 10). Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10576/cleopatra-selene-ii-boscoreale/>
### Chicago
Lewandowski, Hervé. "Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 10, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10576/cleopatra-selene-ii-boscoreale/>.
### MLA
Lewandowski, Hervé. "Cleopatra Selene II, Boscoreale." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 May 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10576/cleopatra-selene-ii-boscoreale/>.

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